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The Greater Kailash land‑grabbing case highlights how forged documents and weaponised civil litigation are used to target prime urban properties, raising important questions about the boundary between civil disputes and criminal fraud under Indian law.

SEBI’s remarks about India’s growing IPO market highlight consequential legal questions about disclosure quality, gatekeeper liability and regulatory enforcement—issues that will determine whether market activity translates into durable investor confidence.

A recent inter‑state baby trafficking case spanning Telangana and Gujarat exposes how India’s fertility economy can intersect with illicit markets for infants. This article analyses the applicable criminal law framework, key procedural challenges, and the broader regulatory implications for child protection.

The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive shifts human-rights and environmental duties from soft law to enforceable obligations, creating new corporate liabilities and governance demands.

The Mysuru drug lab bust, traced from a Gujarat vehicle interception, illustrates the NDPS Act’s stringent framework for narcotics offences while spotlighting ongoing concerns over search procedure, evidentiary standards, and fair‑trial safeguards in large commercial‑quantity cases.

SEBI’s grant of a No Objection Certificate for the NSE IPO marks a regulatory balancing act: remediation and disclosure versus systemic integrity. The legal sustainability depends on enforceable conditions, transparency and ongoing oversight.

The Guwahati sessions court’s refusal of bail to musician Amritprava Mahanta in the Zubeen Garg death case highlights how Indian courts balance the presumption of innocence against the gravity of a murder charge, especially where the evidence is largely circumstantial and the alleged conduct occurred abroad.

The Kerala High Court’s modification of an externment order against a young “known rowdy” in Thrissur recalibrates preventive policing powers, insisting that bans displacing individuals from their own homes must meet stringent proportionality and justification standards.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court’s refusal of bail in a Rs 1.15 crore cyber‑fraud case highlights how Indian courts are balancing personal liberty against the growing menace of cyber‑enabled economic crime, applying evolving bail jurisprudence to complex digital offences.

The Calcutta High Court’s decision to transfer the Bogtui killings trial out of Birbhum on the CBI’s plea highlights how courts use transfer powers to safeguard fair trial rights when witnesses face intimidation and local pressures threaten the integrity of criminal proceedings.

This article analyses a recent Punjab and Haryana High Court decision refusing to cancel anticipatory bail for a US‑based mother‑in‑law named in a suicide note, explaining how the court balanced the evidentiary value of a “last note” against the constitutional protection of personal liberty and the strict standards for recalling bail.

A recent death in Ludhiana caused by banned Chinese manjha highlights deep gaps between India’s criminal law framework and its day-to-day enforcement on public safety. This article examines potential criminal liability across the chain from kite flyer to manufacturer and regulator, and considers how existing doctrines can be used more effectively to prevent such tragedies.

This article analyses the Mau intimidation FIR against local political figures in the context of Indian criminal law on witness protection and fair‑trial rights in rape prosecutions.

A Ghaziabad court’s acquittal of a man accused of murdering his wife for want of proof that the recovered body was hers underscores the centrality of corpus delicti, the limits of circumstantial evidence, and the human‑rights costs of prolonged pre‑trial detention in weak homicide cases.

The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis highlights the tension between expansive civilian gun rights and strict constitutional limits on police use of lethal force, particularly when bystander video conflicts with official accounts. This analysis examines the applicable legal standards and the necessity of an independent, rigorous investigation.

The alleged Kurnool assault, in which a woman reportedly injected her ex‑partner’s doctor wife with HIV‑positive blood, raises difficult questions about when deliberate disease exposure amounts to attempted murder under section 307 IPC versus endangering life under sections 269–270, and will likely test how Indian courts apply recent HIV‑related jurisprudence such as Sabhajeet Maurya v State (NCT of Delhi) and Mr ‘X’ v Hospital ‘Z’.

The alleged HIV injection attack on a doctor in Kurnool tests the limits of Indian criminal law on intentional disease transmission, raising difficult questions about attempt to murder, grievous hurt, public health offences and the rights of people living with HIV.

This article examines a recent Gujarat case of an alleged murder–suicide, using Supreme Court jurisprudence on circumstantial evidence and ambiguous death (notably Sharad Birdhichand Sarda v State of Maharashtra) to assess how forensic and evidential standards should guide investigations and prosecutions.

The Kerala High Court’s reclassification of a fraternal stabbing from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder illustrates how Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC moderates liability in sudden-fight cases, reinforcing a nuanced and proportionate approach to sentencing in Indian homicide law.

A recent Kerala High Court ruling downgrading a brother’s fatal goat‑quarrel stabbing from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder illustrates how Indian courts apply Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC in sudden‑fight cases, balancing spontaneous domestic violence against the gravity of a lethal stabbing.

The Bombay High Court’s scrutiny of an FIR and Look Out Circular against UK-based doctor and YouTuber Dr Sangram Patil over anti-BJP social media posts raises fundamental questions about criminal law’s limits in regulating political speech and the State’s power to restrict international travel.

The Supreme Court’s decision to issue notice on Mohammed Arif’s curative petition in the Red Fort attack case brings into focus the narrow scope of curative jurisdiction, the treatment of electronic evidence, and the application of the “rarest of the rare” standard to terrorism‑related death sentences in India.

This article examines Sajjan Kumar’s recent acquittal in a 1984 anti‑Sikh riots case, contrasting it with his earlier conviction by the Delhi High Court, and argues that the outcome exposes structural limits of India’s ordinary criminal law in dealing with historic mass‑atrocity prosecutions.

This analysis examines the growing use of lookout circulars to target alleged online offences, focusing on the recent detention of a UK-based YouTuber in Mumbai and assessing the practice against Indian constitutional and criminal law standards of legality, necessity and proportionality.

The Rajasthan High Court’s condemnation of police parading arrestees and posting their photographs on social media reinforces core constitutional guarantees of dignity, privacy and the presumption of innocence, and may reshape Indian policing standards in the digital age.

The reported death of a key accused in the Govind Pansare murder case highlights how delay, abatement of proceedings on death, and the constitutional right to a speedy trial intersect in serious criminal prosecutions in India.

An analysis of the recent Rohini scrap dealer extortion case, examining how Indian law distinguishes between ordinary extortion, aggravated extortion, and organised crime under MCOCA, with reference to leading Delhi and Bombay High Court jurisprudence.

The FIR against Karnataka politician B Sriramulu for allegedly disclosing the identity of a minor POCSO victim highlights India’s strict statutory and constitutional safeguards for child survivors of sexual offences, and reaffirms that political speech is no exception to anonymity protections.

Delhi Police’s recent bust of an alleged international drug cartel in the capital raises complex questions under the NDPS Act about commercial quantity offences, procedural safeguards, bail under section 37, and the constitutional rights of foreign nationals accused of serious narcotics crimes.

The Telangana High Court’s decision to quash a 15‑year‑old corruption case against an MCEME professor underscores that investigations under the Prevention of Corruption Act must be conducted only by statutorily authorised officers, and that courts cannot ignore foundational defects in jurisdiction without violating Article 21 due process guarantees.

The Telangana High Court’s quashing of a 15-year-old corruption case against an MCEME professor underscores that anti-corruption efforts must rest on investigations conducted by lawfully empowered agencies, not unauthorised internal inquiries.

The Supreme Court’s recent removal of an Indore SHO for repeatedly using “stock witnesses” signals a zero‑tolerance approach to manufactured testimony and underscores that fair investigation is an indispensable component of the right to a fair trial under Article 21.

The Supreme Court’s interim order in Anwar Hussain v State of Madhya Pradesh condemning the use of ‘stock witnesses’ and sidelining an SHO from investigative duties signals a robust judicial stand on investigative fairness, evidentiary integrity, and custodial rights under Article 21.

SAT’s recent ruling condemning camouflaged disclosures in the Varun Beverages matter marks a shift from formalistic filing compliance to a substantive focus on the prominence and accessibility of material corporate disclosures.

The Supreme Court’s stay of a High Court order reinstating a judicial officer removed over alleged misconduct raises central questions of natural justice, proportionality and institutional integrity in disciplinary proceedings.

The UK Supreme Court has clarified how directors should balance s.172 and s.174 duties with ESG considerations, emphasizing informed decision‑making and rare limits to corporate personality to prevent evasion of environmental obligations.

A recent conviction for distributing AI-generated sexual images raises urgent questions about how criminal law, evidential standards and human-rights safeguards adapt to deepfake-enabled harms.

This analysis examines recent reports of a board issuing shares to block an activist bidder, assessing duties, the proper purpose doctrine, and likely remedies under UK and commonwealth law.

This opinion examines how existing criminal offences can address deepfake-enabled wrongdoing, the evidential and jurisdictional challenges that arise, and the reforms needed to prosecute synthetic-media harms effectively.

SEBI’s likely NOC for the NSE IPO raises governance, disclosure, and market-integrity issues; regulatory conditions will shape precedent for exchange listings and invite scrutiny.

This analysis examines the criminal and procedural law dimensions of the allegations against filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, focusing on when commercial disputes cross into criminal fraud and the safeguards courts must apply.

The ECCTA 2023 reforms shift Companies House from passive registrar to active gatekeeper, improving tools to fight economic crime but raising legal questions on procedural fairness, veil‑piercing, and data protection.

Kerala MLA Antony Raju was disqualified after a trial court convicted him of tampering with evidence in a 1990 drug matter. This analysis explains why, post‑Lily Thomas, conviction (not merely sentence) triggers immediate electoral disqualification and outlines the likely legal avenues and broader implications.

SAT’s order requiring SEBI to reveal complainant identities in the Asmita Patel matter balances investigatory confidentiality with the accused’s right to a fair defence; the ruling will shape disclosure norms in securities enforcement.

Police use of facial recognition raises urgent legal questions about statutory authority, proportionality, accuracy, and discrimination. Courts will require clear legal bases and robust safeguards before permitting widescale deployments.

EU Digital Markets Act enforcement is forcing directors to integrate supranational regulatory obligations into s.172 decision‑making; boards should document compliance strategies and reassess insurance and corporate structures.

Recent EU Digital Markets Act enforcement has placed directors at the intersection of regulatory compliance and fiduciary duty, requiring documented governance choices and structural risk management.

Three women allegedly stole gold earrings in a 14-minute heist at a Prayagraj jewellers outlet. This analysis examines applicable offences, evidence issues (notably CCTV admissibility under Section 65B), joint liability and investigatory priorities.

This analysis examines recent judicial trends treating corporate structures as potential instruments of evasion, situating those trends against Salomon, Prest, Foss v Harbottle and directors’ duties, and recommending doctrinal precision and transparency reforms.

A court in Kasauli accepted a second police cancellation report in an alleged gangrape case against prominent figures. This analysis examines the legal standards for closure reports, magistrates’ duties, victim safeguards and remedies available where investigations are inadequate.